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rr iirnti-i'iir mf urttr fertQTffnyitf' ttia ftyfr-inriW itor fwi iruT -tvrg24 fcfri16rYlfori nr tvjr LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Expensive cars are still the rage in South Florida BUSINESS MONDAY CATCH new sitcom is sassy sparkling LIVING IF DOLPHIN CHALLENGE West Coast Chargers SPORTS 1C BROWNS WIN Next up: Steelers BEARS WIN Next up: 49ers FINAL EDITION Ttir MONDAY JANUARY 2 1995 CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 1995 THE MIAMI HERALD 35 CENTS CONSOLATION Penn Nittany can finish 12-0 by 7 beating Oregon in the Rose Bowl today Kickoff 4:50 pm Che 10 25 ONE-DAY WAIT Cornhuskers are expected to be named 1994 college football champions when final ballots are cast Tuesday morning in the national polls REMATCH UFand FSUhaveno shot at a national title tonight but state pride is at stake in Sugar Bowl Kickoff 8:30 pm Chs 10 25 A House (and Senate) cleaning Next 100 days could be frenzy By STEVEN THOMMA And DAVID HESS Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Now comes the hard part The battle has been fought and won the enemy vanquished It is time for the winners the Republicans and the majority of Americans who support them to find the way to a new America Starting Wednesday the new Republican leaders of Congress promise to set about redefining place in the nation with a passion and energy unmatched in recent memory They are committed to work almost every day for the next 100 to cut the size of government slash taxes reform welfare fight crime and lay a foundation for what they hope will be a Republican revolution More than ever in memory America is looking to Congress not the president to lead A Times Mirror survey shows that a plurality 43 percent to 39 percent wants the Republican Congress rather than the president to set the goals The GOP agenda seems such a perfect match for the mood that many Democrats and even President Clinton are endorsing either directly or indirectly large chunks of what the Republicans want to do The Republicans seek to tear down a liberal Democratic vision of activist government that has reigned for 60 years from New Deal through Great Society Since the Great Depression the federal government has grown in size and scope its impact on our lives multiplying as the decades passed Even the Reagan Revolution failed to SWEET VICTORY: Shelli and Matt Rosen and Laura Spies part of a Canes fall flat in the end Penn State must have hated it Only not nearly as much as Miami did Just when it looked as though the University of Miami Hurricanes were about to shake off that no-more-dynasty business and pin top-ranked Nebraska in the 61st Orange Bowl and hang onto a long-shot chance at a fifth national the Cornhuskers came flying back Down went Miami 24-17 Sunday night when Cory Schlesinger went 15 yards and then 14 yards for two fourth-quarter touchdowns Down went most of the heads in the biggest crowd in Orange Bowl game and stadium history 81753 And surely out in California where second-ranked Penn State was hoping to win the mythical crown by beating up on Oregon in Rose Bowl the Nittany Lions hammered some TV sets It was an awful way for Miami to lose snatching defeat from the jaws of victory yielding two touchdowns in the last eight minutes after thinking it had staved off the invading horde with Earl spectacular end-zone interception It was especially awful after the 63-13 beating Miami took in its two previous bowls worse after Miami led Nebraska 17-7 midway through the fourth quarter Nebraska (13-0) fought back with Tommie Frazier the quarterback who started out so awfully that he was taken out for PLEASESEE BOWL 4A try take its place as a Latin American leader Cardoso 63 a sociologist and former leftist political exile during 1964-85 militaiy rule fanned the hopes in his speech before the national congress declaring absolute conviction I say to you: This country shall be a Remarkable for its heavy emphasis on social justice which PLEASESEE BRAZIL 8A CM i i i I i For Nebraska faithful frustration turns to joy CARL JUSTE Herald Staff 24 17 triumph matter what We never said Matt Rossen 28 of Hastings Neb Comhusker fans who turned out record numbers got what they came for an Orange Bowl win and a likely national title their first since 1972 and first ever for coach Tom Osborne The Husker defense kept them in the game despite a mistake-prone PLEASE SEE FANS 4A record crowd cheer Nebraska to a BGWLS EXTRA How the Cornhuskers won And what to expect in big bowl games Section kers prevailed battling from behind for most of the game and pulling out a 24-17 victory in the last quarter team never gives up no ILATBRAPERS NOTE TO READERS The Herald went to press late Sunday night so readers could enjoy full coverage of the FedEx Orange Bowl Classic Presses will also start later than usual tonight so The Herald can provide coverage of the University of Florida and Florida State in the Sugar Bowl In some areas Tuesday morning papers may be delivered up to 90 minutes later than normally By DAVID HANCOCK Herald Staff Writer The Orange Bowl magic faltered Teams came and went to the Orange Bowl but they seem to beat University of Miami in their home stadium Nine years passed and the Hurricanes lost only once in their stadium until Sunday night In their final chance to break their Orange Bowl jinx and win a title the Nebraska Comhus- PLEASE SEE CONGRESS 6A president accepts challenge of huge great expectations Blown away by the NRA: Foes find still potent 4- By KATHERINE ELLISON Herald Staff Writer BRASILIA Fernando Hen-rique Cardoso became new president Sunday in an ardent ceremony in which hope once again triumphed over experience Ever since Cardoso was elected in October Brazilians have had their often-fractured hearts back on their sleeves dreaming once more that they have finally found the man to help their giant coun Mini hairs Saunders alone On Nov 8 or in the primary elections preceding it 211 of the 276 congressional candidates backed by the NRA won suggesting a dramatic turn in its favor- after years of increasing restrictions CULTURE on gun ownership and OCCASIONAL SERIES oby mM aged to rack up this By TOM FIEDLER Herald Political Editor When the gun lobby drew a bead on Democrat Ron Saunders of Key West in the recent elections he pay much heed Maybe he should have ducked For weeks the powerful chairman of the Florida House appropriations committee sat atop the polls in the race to become Florida secretary of state comfortably ahead of lesser-known Republican Sandra Mortham Saunders fret over the bluster from the various gun groups the National Rifle Association and its affiliate the Unified Sportsmen of Florida And how he became the latest chalk-outline in the body count of politicians who wander into the gun cross yur I nt GUN AN RALLY FOR CLINIC SUSPECT A handful of abortion protesters held a prayer vigil in Norfolk Va Sunday for a Naples Fla high school graduate accused of killing two abortion clinic workers 5A BLOCK-BY-BLOCK FIGHTING The war for Chechnya has turned into a vicious street brawl 7A record despite polls indicating that Americans do not necessarily favor rolling gun control measures Its successes limited to national races At the state and local level the NRA or related groups endorsed candidates about 2000 races winning in 82 percent according to Marion PLEASESEE GUN LOBBY 6A NEW FACE NEW YEAR Cindy Perez 21 cuddles her son Daniel the first baby born in Dade in 1995 Daniel who entered the world at 15 seconds past midnight at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach weighs 7 pounds 14 ounces The father is Robert Perez 24 4 i A.